Trade and employment in Asia

Trade and employment in Asia [electronic resource] / edited by Niny Khor and Devashish Mitra. - New York : Routledge : Asian Development Bank, 2013. - xxv, 285 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Trade and employment : introduction / Nlny Khor and Devashlsh Mitra -- 2. International trade, growth, and structural changes in employment in developing Asia / John Gilbert -- 3. Trade and the quality of employment : Asian and non-Asian countries / Robert J. Flanagan and Nlny Khor -- 4. Competition, labor intensity, and specialization : Structural changes in postcrisis Asia / Yothtn Jinjarak and Kanda Naknot -- 5. Globalization, labor market regulation, and firm behavior / Moritz Meyer and Paul Vandenberg -- 6. Exports and employment in the People's Republic of China / Cal Fang and Du Yang -- 7. Trade and employment in Hong Kong, China : towards a service economy / James P. Vere -- 8. Exports and employment in Indonesia : the decline in labor-intensive manufacturing and the rise of services / Haryo Aswicahyono, Douglas H. Brooks, and Chris Manning -- 9. Globalization and workers : firm-level evidence from the Republic of Korea / Devashish Mitra and Jeongeun Shin -- 10. Foreign labor in Malaysian manufacturing : trends, patterns, and implications for domestic wages / Prema-Chandra Athukorala and Evelyn S. Devadason.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203384824 (e-book : PDF)


Foreign trade and employment--Asia.
Labor market--Asia.
Free trade--Asia.


Asia--Commerce.


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